NEW AT SIX-- A RASH OF CAR THEFTS IN SEVERAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES. POLICE SAY THIS MILWAUKEE MAN WAS RESPONSIBLE. WISN 12 NEWS KENT WAINSCOTT IS LIVE AT 19TH AND WELLS - KENT, IT WAS THE WAY IN WHICH THE CARS WERE STOLEN THAT'S GETTING SOME ATTENTION. OFTEN YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT CARS STOLEN BECAUSE SOMEONE GOT AHOLD OF OWNER'S KEYS. BUT NOT THIS TIME. POLICE SAY IN THIS CASE, THE THIEVES HAD A KEY OF THEIR OWN - A MASTER KEY THEY USED TO START THE ENGINE AND DRIVE OFF. MARIA ALVAREZ / CAR THEFT VICTIM - THEY TOOK THE RADIO. POLICE RECOVERED MARIA ALVAREZ '97 HONDA ACCORD LAST JULY, TWO DAYS AFTER THEY SAY FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ AND A 17-YEAR-OLD FEMALE ACCOMPLICE STOLE IT FROM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE NEW BERLIN TOWNHOUSE MARIA SHARES WITH HER MOTHER. IRIS GONZALES / VICTIM'S MOTHER - THEY JUST PUT THE KEY IN IT AND THAT'S IT. -- AND THEY WERE GONE? -- AND THEY WERE GONE. THEY WERE GONE. IN FACT, COURT DOCUMENTS CLAIM THE SUSPECTS MAY HAVE STOLEN NINE CARS IN LITTLE MORE THAN 24 HOURS - IN NEW BERLIN, WEST ALLIS, AND PERHAPS OTHER COMMUNITIES. ALL OF THEM WERE '97 ACCORDS. MARIA ALVAREZ / CAR THEFT VICTIM - I THINK THEY WERE TARGETING HONDAS. POLICE TOLD HER THAT WAS BECAUSE THE SUSPECTS HAD SOME HELP. MARIA ALVAREZ / CAR THEFT VICTIM - THAT IT WAS SOME SORT OF MASTER KEY. POLICE SAY ONE SUSPECT CALLED IT A 'UNIVERSAL KEY' THAT STARTED THE SEVERAL VEHICLES. NEW BERLIN POLICE WOULDN'T COMMENT, BUT AUTO MECHANIC BILL TARAS SAYS THAT WITH CERTAIN CARS, INCLUDING SOME OLDER MODEL HONDAS, THIEVES HAVE MODIFIED KEYS TO START OTHER VEHICLES. BILL TARAS / MATT'S INT'L AUTO MECHANIC - ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING - YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TRICK THE LITTLE KEY WAY OPENINGS IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK. MARIA SAYS SHE COULDN'T STOP THE THIEVES FROM STARTING THE ENGINE - BUT COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE CAR. A MISTAKE SHE WON'T REPEAT. MARIA ALVAREZ / CAR THEFT VICTIM - DO YOU HAVE A CAR ALARM ON IT? -- I DO NOW. I HAVE TWO NOW. AND I DON'T FORGET TO LOCK IT. POLICE FOUND ANOTHER HONDA ACCORD, REPORTED STOLEN IN WEST ALLIS, IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE OF MARIA'S TOWNHOUSE IN NEW BERLIN. THEY BELIEVE THE THIEVES MAY HAVE BEEN MOVING FROM ONE STOLEN VEHICLE TO THE NEXT - TAKING ITEMS FROM THOSE CARS AND STORING IT IN MARIA'S. SHE SAYS WHEN THEY FOUND HER CAR NEAR MITCHELL AIRPORT - IT WAS FILLED WITH STOLEN ITEMS.

Hillary Clinton did not have a State Department email account while she served as America's top diplomat, a senior state department official said Monday, and instead used a personal email account during her four years on the job.